Amazon begins layoffs across the company, US media reports said on Wednesday.
According to reports employees started receiving memos. "After a deep set of reviews, we recently decided to consolidate some teams and programs. One of the consequences of these decisions is that some roles will no longer be required," hardware chief Dave Limp wrote in a memo to workers on Wednesday.
"It pains me to have to deliver this news as we know we lose talented Amazonians from the Devices and Services org as a result,'" he added.
The company notified impacted employees and will continue to work closely with each individual to provide support, including assisting in finding new roles, said Limp.
Meanwhile, on the recent layoffs by the company, Amazon's spokesperson Kelly Nantel in a report said that "certain roles are no longer necessary" in the company.
"As part of our annual operating planning review process, we always look at each of our businesses and what we believe we should change. As we've gone through this, given the current macro-economic environment, some teams are making adjustments, which in some cases means certain roles are no longer necessary. We don't take these decisions lightly and we are working to support any employees who may be affected," Natel was quoted as saying in a report by TechCrunch.
The New York Times report earlier stated that Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people in corporate and technology jobs starting this week.
The NYT said in its report that the total number of layoffs remains fluid, the 10,000 people who could be let go represent roughly three per cent of Amazon's corporate employees and less than one per cent of its global workforce of more than 1.5 million composed primarily of hourly workers.
Trimming of the workforce will take place in Amazon Devices, retail and human resources section.
Earlier Twitter CEO Elon Musk had laid off almost half of the company's workforce. Meta too announced that it will lay off 13 per cent of its workforce.
During the pandemic years, when online shopping peaked Amazon had doubled its workforce and profit was gained by the tech giant. However, the scenario changed when offline shopping picked up after Covid restrictions were eased across the countries.
